If you do be seeing a rook on his own the he be a crow and if you do be seeing a group of crows then they do be rooks.

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”We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things, all of it, all of the time, every day. "

Ok, here goes. The Aussie list that not everyone says but that all of the Aussies know (I hope)G'day - HelloStruth - Exclamation of surprise, as in 'Struth, that's one big kangaroo!'. Possibly also spelt Strewth.True Blue/Fair Dinkum - The real thing. In the case of the latter, also an oath that something is a real thing 'A fair dinkum ____'

Umm...I might stop now actually, before any more Aussies pick out errors. I suck at Aussie speak.

BTW, A bogan is pretty much what SW said it was - an uncultured, uneducated, rough-around-the-edges bloke. Those idiots in cars who run around in singlets, shorts (half way down the legs) and thongs are most definitely bogans. Even more so if they have a speech problem (excessive swearing, overuse of the words 'mate' and 'like', etc.)

Hit the sack is used in the UK and 'Streuth is a shortening of "God's Truth"

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”We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things, all of it, all of the time, every day. "

Too bad Lioness isn't in PDO these days. She uses Australian slang absolutely all the time without even realizing what she's doing. I've learned so much about Australian culture just by googling things she says unawares.

Example: Op shop = resale shop or thrift shop where you can purchase used clothing at deeply discounted prices.